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Audiological characters of tinnitus aurium

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The frequency of tinnitus aurium is mainly 125–500 c.p.s. when associated with conductive hearing impairment, but 1000 c.p.s. or higher in sensory cases. Its loudness is only 5–10 dB in majority of patients irrespective of the associated type of hearing loss. The patient’s description of tinnitus does not give any definite information regarding its frequency and loudness. The tinnitus aurium is usually maskable but incomplete masking, non-maskability and excessive difference between tinnitogram and air conduction threshold probably denote cochlear origin.

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  1. Regional Medical College, Imphal

    P. L. Bhatia

  2. Dept. of Otolaryngology. Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, 221 005, Varanasi

    H. C. Samant, O. P. Gupta & H. S. Ghai

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Bhatia, P.L., Samant, H.C., Gupta, O.P. et al. Audiological characters of tinnitus aurium. Indian J Otolaryngol 30, 7–10 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02992044

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